Submissions On Traffic And Parking Bylaw Open

The community is being asked to comment on changes to the Traffic and Parking bylaw,
Queenstown Lakes District Council transport manager Denis Mander said.

The existing bylaw was adopted in 2006 and under the Local Government Act 2002 was
required to be reviewed five years after its initial adoption and every ten years after that.

“The review is a good opportunity for us to reflect council and community intentions and
realign the bylaw with recent legislative changes,” said Mr Mander.” The 2006 bylaw works
well but there is room to tweak it further.”

The key changes to the Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2006 were:

• Deletion of references to camping within the by-law. Those controls would now beprovided where necessary by the Council’s new Freedom Camping Bylaw.
• Removal of references within the bylaw to wheel locks, as the devices are not used by the Council.
• A new clause is proposed that would enable the QLDC to issue permits for events to temporarily occupy parking spaces.
• A proposal to include a service lane situated between 101 and 105 Ardmore Street, Wanaka in the schedule of one way streets.

“The bylaw doesn’t deal with the specifics of traffic and parking control but rather lays out the
framework to enable us to make those decisions,” said Mr Mander. “We’re keen to hear what
people think about the draft bylaw.”

Submissions close at 4pm on Friday 19 August, 2011. The draft bylaw can be viewed online
at www.qldc.govt.nz or viewed at QLDC and Lakes Environmental offices and public libraries
in Queenstown and Wanaka.